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Cancer - News Archive


October 2017
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Breast Cancer
  • Machine learning identifies breast lesions likely to become cancer
  • Read this Consumer Update to learn about breast cancer treatments for men.
  • Insulin Glargine/Breast Cancer Link Seen Again in Type 2 Diabetes
  • Breast Cancer Metastases to the Thyroid Gland
  • How is breast cancer related to the axillary lymph nodes?
  • Cribriform breast cancer: What to know
  • Cholesterol byproduct hijacks immune cells, lets breast cancer spread
  • Cold therapy may be effective at controlling cancer treatment side effects
  • Older Patients With Breast Cancer Still Overtreated With RT -- Why?
Skin Cancer
  • AJCC unveils new melanoma staging system
Liver Cancer
  • Halting liver cancer with a sugar look-a-like
Lung Cancer
  • Does Talcum Powder Cause Lung Cancer?
  • KEYNOTE-028 Data Helps PD-L1 Inhibitor Find Footing in SCLC
General Cancer Research
  • Cancer diagnosis: 11 tips for coping
  • Norman Sharpless sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute
  • Battling flames increases firefighters' exposure to carcinogens
  • A gene therapy that turns cells into "living drugs" has been approved by the F.D.A. for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • To Prevent Ovarian Cancer, Focus on the Fallopian Tube 
  • Weight-Loss Surgery May Curb Risk for Certain Cancers
  • Talcum Powder/Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit Award Overturned
  • Therapeutic form of arsenic is a potential treatment for deadly type of brain cancer
  • Matchmaking with consequences: When cells become cancerous
  • Cancer recurrence may be stopped with immunotherapy
  • Leukemia: Cancer cells killed off with diabetes drug 
  • Cancer relapse linked to body's own immune system
  • Scientists reveal the relationship between sugar, cancer
  • How can you cope with a cancer diagnosis?
  • Cancer Humor
  • Liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma
  • 'Super tumor suppressor' found to prevent pancreatic cancer
  • New compound kills cancer without harming healthy cells
  • Many Women With Disabilities Don't Get Cancer Screening
September 2017
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Breast Cancer​
  • ​Chemo-loaded nanoparticles target breast cancer that has spread to bone
  • Study examines characteristics of mobile mammography patients
  • Drug combo gangs up to take on triple-negative breast cancer
  • Mastectomy Study Confirms 'Jolie Effect'
  • Long-Term Nerve Damage Possible after Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
  • Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition
  • Surgeons Play Big Role in Women's Choices for Breast Cancer Care
  • Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients, genetic study suggests
  • Multivitamin use may cut risk of chemo-induced neuropathy
  • Triple-negative breast cancer: What you need to know
Cervical Cancer
  • Higher-Dose RT Ups Local Control in Cervical Cancer
  • Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
  • USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening
  • Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness
  • New study finds improved vaccine that protects against nine types of HPV is highly effective
Ovarian Cancer
  • Physicians perform unique procedure for ovarian cancer
Colorectal Cancer
  • ​Low-Tech Outreach Methods Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • New research on probiotics in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer
  • Here's the Recipe to Keep Colon Cancer at Bay
Lung Cancer
  • Radiation and Chemotherapy Together Boost Lung Cancer Survival
  • Cigarette smoke may 'prime lung cells' to develop cancer
Skin Cancer
  • Melanoma cells rewire to resist drug treatment
  • Treatment-resistant melanoma may be vulnerable to a drug holiday, study finds
  • Advanced melanoma: Groundbreaking trials could transform treatment
  • Researchers discover why redheads are more prone to melanoma
Survivorship
  • Breast cancer: smoking cessation reduces all-cause mortality
  • Ca Survivors Less Likely to Get Best Care for Heart Attack
  • Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment
Prostate Cancer
  • Frequent ejaculation and prostate cancer: What's the link?
  • Bone marrow protein a 'magnet' for passing prostate cancer cells
  • Prostate cancer: Could a breast cancer drug reduce recurrence?
  • Prostate cancer: PSA screening does lower death risk, says review
​Liver Cancer
  • Liver cancer patients can start with lower dose of chemotherapy and live just as long 
  • Blood tumor markers may warn when lung cancer patients are progressing
General Cancer Research​
  • Light-based cancer therapy moves through clinical trials
  • Cancer Distress May Lead to Missed Appointments
  • Brain cancer growth halted by absence of protein
  • Researchers identify new target, develop new drug for cancer therapies
  • Cancer treatment can affect your food preferences
  • Double agents: Vessels that help cancers spread can also boost immune therapies
  • Here's What Is (and Isn't) Linked to Cancer
  • Widening Waistlines May Raise Women's Cancer Risk
  • New Guideline Aims to Help Doctors Diagnose Head, Neck Masses 
  • Cancer Drugs' High Prices Not Justified by Cost of Development, Study Contends
  • Killing cancer with vitamin C: Hype or hope?
  • Some stroke survivors may have underlying cancer
  • Glowing cancer tool illuminates benign, but dangerous, brain tumors during pituitary surgery
  • Zika virus could be used to treat brain cancer patients, study suggests
  • Cancer: Existing drug may prevent treatment-induced infertility
August 2017
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Breast Cancer​
  • Bringing the Investigational Breast Cancer Drug Endoxifen from Bench to Bedside with NCI Support
  • Modified Stem Cells Deliver Chemotherapy to Metastatic Tumors
  • Researchers developing drug for recurring ER-positive breast cancer
  • High cholesterol diagnosis tied to lower breast cancer risk
  • Could Urban Lighting Raise Breast Cancer Risk for Some Women?
  • How decision-making habits influence the breast cancer treatments women consider
  • ​Targeted radiotherapy limits side effects of breast cancer treatment
  • New compound boosts treatment for aggressive breast cancer
  • Exercise Improves Cognitive Function in Breast CA Survivors
  • Young breast cancer patients undergoing breast conserving surgery see improved prognosis
  • DCIS: Genomic Profiling Beats Nomograms in Predicting Recurrence
  • Fat rats show why breast cancer may be more aggressive in patients with obesity
  • Is an anticancer drug helping cancer to spread?
Liver Cancer
  • miR-122 target sites in liver cancer: study links three genes to patient survival​
Colorectal Cancer
  • Colon Cancer Deaths Up for White Adults Under 55
  • FDA Approves Nivolumab for Some Metastatic Colorectal Cancers
Kidney Cancer
  • Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trend
Lung Cancer
  • New approach to genetic testing leads to dramatic response in MET fusion lung cancer
  • A blood test can predict early lung cancer prognosis
  • Vitamin B linked to increased lung cancer risk
  • Researchers develop faster, more accurate test for liver cancer
  • Advanced NSCLC: RT Plus Immunotherapy Extends Survival
Palliative Care
  • New Tool for Spiritual Well-Being in Cancer Care
Skin Cancer
  • Most melanomas grow as new spots, not from existing moles
  • Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer
  • Skin cancer and rashes: Cancerous and precancerous lesions
  • New terahertz imaging approach could speed up skin cancer detection
​Pediatric Cancer
  • Identifying a new type of liver tumor
Survivorship
  • Video: Super survivor conquers cancer
  • Young Cancer Survivors Struggle to Resume Social Activities
Prostate Cancer
  • Blacks with prostate cancer less likely to get ideal treatment
  • Prostate cancer testing: has the bubble burst?
​General Cancer Research
  • Heat therapy to aid the treatment of cancer, organ transplant and autoimmune diseases
  • Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
  • Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
  • Belly fat protein may cause cancer
  • Most Breast-Ovarian Cancer Patients Miss Genetic Tests
  • High Doses of Vitamin B Linked to Lung Cancer IncreaseIn Esophageal Cancer, Women Have Stronger Responses
  • On the other hand, the immune system can also cause cancer
  • Trial to test new drug in patients with advanced cancer
  • ​Using unproven methods to tackle cancer could be deadly   
  • Death rates far higher for 'alternative' cancer cures: study
  • For post-menopausal women, vaginal estrogens do not raise risk of cancer, other diseases
  • New treatment approved for deadly blood cancer
  • Vitamin C may encourage blood cancer stem cells to die
  • Two-step process leads to cell immortalization and cancer  
  • FDA expands use of AstraZeneca/Merck ovarian cancer drug
  • New Pathology Atlas maps genes in cancer to accelerate progress in personalized medicine
  • Study boosts hope of 'liquid biopsies' for cancer screening
  • For Cancer Patients in the ER, Delirium Linked to Poor Outcomes
  • Why drugs don't reach cancer cells: Researchers develop technology to provide answers
  • Increased endometrial cancer rates found in women with high levels of cadmium
  • Vitamin therapy may help prevent melanoma
  • Early drivers of gastric cancer
  • New cancer drug reduces tumor size by 'up to 50 percent'
  • AstraZeneca gets breakthrough status for blood cancer drug
  • Jargon Muddies Radiology Reports, Including About Cancers
  • Comprehensive sequencing program shows promise of precision medicine for advanced cancer
  • "Code blue" equals lower survival for cancer patients
  • New avenue for precision cancer treatment discovered
  • Gum Disease May Be Linked to Cancer Risk in Older Women
  • Could a turmeric extract help to treat pancreatic cancer?
  • Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
  • Should Women Forgo Ovarian Cancer Screening?
June 2017
​

Breast Cancer​
  • When Is Risk Highest for Women With Breast Cancer Gene Mutations?
  • Could Certain Hair Dyes, Relaxers Raise Breast Cancer Risk?
  • Breast and ovarian cancers: Large study improves estimates of genetic risk
  • Why treating breast cancer with less may be more
  • Breast Cancer in Men: Treatments and Genetic Counseling
  • Trastuzumab Emtansine Improves Survival in Previously Treated Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
  • Aspirin may cut breast cancer risk for women with diabetes
  • Asian Women Less Likely to Get Follow-up After Abnormal Mammogram
  • Sex and Intimacy After Breast Cancer
  • New treatment hope for women with BRCA1 breast cancers
  • New chemotherapy approach offers breast cancer patients a better quality of life
  • Immunotherapy drug effective for metastatic triple negative breast cancer
  • Olivia Newton-John Announces Breast Cancer Has Returned
  • Surgeon Who Inflated Breast Cancer Risk Jailed for 15 Years​
Cervical Cancer
  • New tech promises easier cervical cancer screening
Liver Cancer
  • TCGA study of liver cancer reveals potential targets for therapy
  • Report looks at liver cancer, fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in US
Lung Cancer
  • Discovery could guide immunotherapy for lung cancer
Pediatric Cancer
  • Childhood Chemo May Have Lasting Effects on Memory
Prostate Cancer
  • Blood Test to Target Prostate Cancer Treatment
  • Prostate cancer: Three-in-one blood test could fuel personalized treatment
  • Adding abiraterone to standard treatment improves prostate cancer survival by 40 per cent​
Survivorship
  • Secondhand Smoke Still Plagues Some Cancer Survivors
  • Topol: Patient-Generated Data Improve Survival in Landmark Cancer Trial
General Cancer Research
  • Many Doctors Silent on Cost of Cancer Care
  • Big Gap in Cancer Deaths Between Rich, Poor Countries
  • Targeting immune cells that help tumors stay hidden could improve immunotherapy
  • Grape extracts may protect against colon cancer
  • OK to Stop Cancer Screening, Say Elders        
  • Targeting immune cells that help tumors stay hidden could improve immunotherapy
  • Indoor tanning still accessible to young people—despite bans
  • Experimental cancer drug shows promise
  • Cancer treatment during childhood linked to cognitive problems later in life
  • No Need for Lymphadenectomy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
  • Testicular cancer: Genetic test steps closer  
  • Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
  • Precision therapy enasidenib effective in treating deadly form of leukemia
  • Practice-Changing Study for Melanoma Surgery
  • Innovative therapy strategy for pancreatic cancer uses engineered exosomes targeting mutated KRAS gene
  • Red onions pack a cancer-fighting punch, study reveals  
  • Potential target for treatment of aggressive brain cancer identified
  • Mining cancer data for treatment clues
  • ​Infographic: What are Cancer Disparities?
  • Standard dosage for one lung cancer treatment may be too high
  • New target found to attack an incurable brain tumor in children
  • Ovarian cancer drug delivers 'very promising' results in early trial
  • ​Study Identifies Genetic Mutations in Tumors From 10,000 Patients with Metastatic Cancer
  • Simple Epigenetic Test Could Identify Anal Cancer
May 2017
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Breast Cancer​
  • Drug Xeloda Prolongs Survival for Some Breast Cancer Patients
  • ​Since the 1990s, Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival Is Up
  • Just one small glass of wine per day increases breast cancer risk
  • Untreated Breast Cancers Do Not Spontaneously Vanish
  • Prolonged Tamoxifen Surpasses Oophorectomy in Breast Cancer
  • Digital Tomosynthesis: A 'New, Better Mammogram'?
  • Three-week radiation therapy treatment given post mastectomy is safe and effective
  • Low-Dose Aspirin May Lower Risk for Common Breast Cancer by 20 Percent
Cervical Cancer
  • New tech promises easier cervical cancer screening
  • Older Women May Stop Cervical Cancer Screening Too Soon
Colorectal Cancer
  • Discovery in fight against bowel cancer
  • Overweight Boys Face Higher Colon Cancer Risk as Adults
  • ​'Underwater' Colonoscopy Amplifies Polyp Detection
  • Get Ready for Your 'Capsule Robot' Colon Cancer Check
Lung Cancer
  • Suicide Risk Quadruples After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
  • Biologists identify key step in lung cancer evolution
  • Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer respond best to salvage chemotherapy when pre-treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
  • First patient receives experimental immunotherapy for cancer
  • Men need more frequent lung cancer screening than women​​
Prostate Cancer
  • New prostate cancer technology improves biopsy accuracy
  • Radiation for prostate cancer: Types and side effects
Skin Cancer
  • Researchers discover how cancer-causing virus could stay silently hidden in your body
General Cancer Research
  • Possible correlation shown between the partial meltdown at TMI and thyroid cancers
  • Innovative approaches to improve personalized radiation therapy for head and neck cancer patients
  • New technique pinpoints the 'partners in crime' of cancer genes
  • Can regular aspirin use reduce your cancer risk?
  • Better cancer immunotherapy drugs through X-ray crystallography
  • Tough, but tender, cancer fighters created in lab
  • Drinking coffee daily may halve liver cancer risk
  • Large Waist Raises Cancer Risk
  • Study: A new way to slow cancer cell growth     ​
  • No Symptoms, but Raised Platelets -- Red Flag for Cancer?
  • Thick Middle May Raise Risk of Some Cancers
  • Regorafenib Becomes First FDA-Approved Drug for Liver Cancer in Nearly a Decade
  • Raised blood platelet levels 'strong predictor' of cancer
  • Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
  • ​This May Be The First New Cancer Indicator In 30 Years
  • One in 5 cancers diagnosed in the United States is a rare cancer  
  • Antibody for fighting cancer emerges     ​
  • Hope for 1st Drug Against Lymphedema, a Cancer Complication
  • Ovarian Cancer: Clot Risk High in All Phases of Treatment
  • Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes Feasible in Cancer Clinical Trials
  • A Movie Instead of Anesthesia for Kids' Radiation Therapy
  • Not All Hospitals Equal When It Comes to Pancreatic Cancer Care
  • At last, a clue to where cancer metastases are born
  • New study challenges formaldehyde cancer findings
  • ​First extensive immune profile of sarcomas shows some likely susceptible to immunotherapy
  • Stereotactic radiation highly effective for kidney cancer
  • National group wants cancer warning labels on acid reflux drugs
  • Researchers use math to develop personalized chemo treatments
  • Scientists develop novel chemical 'dye' to improve liver cancer imaging
  • Immune cells play crucial role in brain cancer development
  • Combination therapy could provide new treatment option for ovarian cancer
April 2017
​

Breast Cancer​
  • Worldwide statistics on breast cancer: Diagnosis and risk factors
  • Metastatic breast cancers: Characterizing the profile of metastases for improved treatment
  • Pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients predicts low risk for local metastases
  • Physicians' misunderstanding of genetic test results may hamper mastectomy decisions
  • Breast thermography: Technology, benefits, and cancer signs
  • Mortality up with depression just before breast cancer diagnosis
  • Surgeons Hesitate to Discourage Prophylactic Mastectomy
  • Epithelial Proliferation in Biopsies Tied to Breast Cancer Risk
  • Physicians' misunderstanding of genetic test results may hamper mastectomy decisions
  • Clinicians Not Following Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
  • Biomarker identified for likely aggressive, early stage breast cancer
  • When the doctor recommends against the surgery a breast cancer patient wants
  • Women with healthy BMI may have higher risk of breast cancer
  • Foods to eat and foods to avoid to fight breast cancer​
Colorectal Cancer
  • New method for early screening of colorectal cancer
  • Delay a Needed Colonoscopy at Your Own Risk 
  • Research paves way for improved colorectal cancer test
  • 30% reduction in deaths from bowel cancer
  • Bowel cancer: New function of known biomarkers discovered
  • Many Disabled Adults Aren't Screened for Colon Cancer: Study
Lung Cancer
  • Misdiagnosing Lung Disease Is Far Too Common, Poses Many Risks
  • Tracking unstable chromosomes helps predict lung cancer's return
  • New blood test offers potential for faster, targeted treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
  • New study proves one lung cancer subtype can switch to another
Prostate Cancer
  • PSA Testing Rates for Prostate Cancer Have Leveled Off
  • Should Prostate Cancer Screening Start Earlier for Black Men?
  • Local Therapy and Improved Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  • Discuss Prostate Screening with Your Doctor, Experts Now Say
  • ​Biomarker could lead to personalized therapies for prostate cancer
  • ​Prostate cancer: Urine 'sniff test' may reduce unwarranted biopsies
General Cancer Research
  • Are Primary Care Physicians Missing Cancer Symptoms?
  • FDA cracks down on sham 'miracle' cancer treatments
  • Fighting cancer with immunotherapy: Signaling molecule causes regression of blood vessels
  • Cancer risk rises after childhood organ transplant: study
  • FDA Warns 14 Companies on Bogus Cancer 'Cures'
  • Study identifies hundreds of genes that influence timing of puberty and alter risk of several cancers
  • Second cancers deadlier in young patients
  • Patients Vary Widely on Adjuvant Chemo -- Critical to Ask
  • Cloud Over Pediatric Oncologist and Brain Cancer Vaccine
  • Research team discovers how immunotherapy can fight some cancers
  • Really, Men With Prostate Cancer Do Yoga
  • The Further Immortalization of Henrietta Lacks
  • ​Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
  • New study offers hope for more effective treatment of leukemia
  • Potential new treatment found for 'chemo brain'
  • Precision Medicine Pioneer Targets Earlier Cancer Detection
  • Brain cancer vaccine appears safe in small trial
  • Aspirin to Prevent Cancer: What to Tell Patients
  • Study finds worse survival when specific thyroid cancers spread to bone
  • ​Immunity against melanoma is only skin deep
  • Immune system can spot tell-tale change in identity of cancer antigens, study shows
  • Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
  • Ovarian cancer: Effective immunotherapy steps closer with new T cell study
  • Telomere length predicts cancer risk
  • Cancer burden may be changing for people living with HIV
  • A one-two punch hits pancreatic cancer where it hurts
  • In 2030, the Top Cancer in HIV Patients May Be a Surprise
  • 'Excited': Reaction to Advanced Melanoma Combo
  • New gene-based blood tests identify more skin cancers
  • Cancer mortality rates continue to drop, according to national report
March 2017
​

Breast Cancer​
  • Breast Cancer Prediction Tool Can Reduce Morbidity, Drastically Cut Costs
  • Preventive Mastectomy Rates Vary by State
  • Smokers May Be Prone to Risks From Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
  • BRCA Testing Has Skyrocketed, but Misses High-Risk Women
  • New approach for breast cancer treatment explored
  • Novel approach can reveal personalized breast cancer treatments
  • Significant increase in number of women tested for BRCA gene, but many high-risk patients still missing out
  • How Breast Density Affects a Mammogram
  • New Wellness App Might Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Women
  • Prognostic Tests for Prediction of Breast Cancer Recurrence
  • ASCO Guidelines on Adjuvant Bisphosphonates in Breast Cancer
  • Safe Way to Save $164 Million a Year in Breast Cancer
  • Pregnancy Not Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcome
  • Reducing radiation could safely cut breast cancer treatment costs
  • 1 in 5 patients with breast cancer could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals
  • Diabetes drug may be effective against deadly form of breast cancer, study suggests
  • How 'cannibalism' by breast cancer cells promotes dormancy: A possible clue into cancer recurrence
  • Male breast cancer discovery could improve treatment
  • Women at high risk for breast cancer more likely to get MRI when informed directly
  • History of exercise helps prevent heart disease after breast cancer
  • Med Diet Cuts Some Breast Cancer Risk by 40%
  • Shorter Herceptin breast cancer treatment may produce better results
Cervical Cancer
  • First Global Guide: HPV Vax for Cervical Cancer Prevention
Colorectal Cancer
  • Early Colorectal Cancer: Missing the Clues?
  • Family history of colon cancer calls for earlier screening
  • New alternative to colonoscopy is as easy as swallowing a pill
  • Lifestyle choices condition colon and rectal cancer risk more than genetics
  • Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Vitals for March 2017
  • CTCs Detect Lung Cancer Recurrence 6 Months Before Scans
  • Metastatic lung cancer: Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
  • Study shows that antioxidants may reduce lung cancer risk
  • FDG PET/CT found useful in certain lung cancer patients
Prostate Cancer
  • Scientists report genetic test to help predict men at most risk from aggressive prostate cancer
  • MRI use may "change the equation" for prostate cancer screening
  • New insights into side effects can help prostate cancer patients choose treatments
  • Prostate Cancer Treatments Have Varying Side Effects, Study Shows
  • Metastases, Not Death, New Benchmark in Prostate Cancer?
  • Prostate Cancer and Vasectomy Not Linked…But With One Caveat
  • Single dose of brachytherapy may be an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer
General Cancer Research
  • Higher Cancer Deaths in Patients With Learning Difficulties
  • New US Cancer Staging System Debuts in 9 Months
  • Largest ever brain cancer study reveals new secrets to inherited risk
  • Clinical trial finds that vitamin D, calcium have no effect on cancer risk
  • Georgia Cancer Center participates in NCI-driven initiative to understand racial, ethnic, age disparities in six cancers
  • Targeted Cancer Drug May Also Help Protect Fertility, Study Suggests
  • Melanoma Incidence, Mortality on the Rise
  • Study finds 12 genetic variants that raise the risk of ovarian cancer
  • Most Cancers Caused by Random DNA Copying Errors
  • State of Cancer Care in US -- 'Far From Adequate'
  • Thyroid cancer: treatment and prognosis
  • Helping Cancer Caregivers Help Themselves
  • Obesity in Youth Tied to Higher Odds for Liver Cancer in Men
  • Stem-Cell Based Tool May Help Measure Heart Toxicity of Cancer Drugs
  • Scripps Florida scientists develop new drug delivery method for cancer therapy
  • Sticker Shock Forces Cancer Patients to Skip Treatment
  • Start Palliative Care at Diagnosis for Kids With Cancer
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors Face Risk of Second Cancer: Study
  • Vitamin C can target and kill cancer stem cells, study shows
  • Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
  • Rare Melanomas Prove 'Hard to Get' Using Immunotherapy 
  • A new way to reset gene expression in cancer cells shows promise for leukemia treatment
  • Breakthrough discovery may make blood test feasible for detecting cancer
  • Doctors begin new clinical trial treating cancer with 70p malaria drug
  • Known Cancer Prevention Strategies Must Be Implemented
  • Muscle Composition Metric May Help Predict Chemo Toxicity
  • Early deaths from childhood cancer up to 4 times more common than previously reported
  • Absent tumor-suppressors allow melanoma to thwart immunotherapy
  • Scientists stimulate immune system, stop cancer growth
February 2017
​

Breast Cancer​
  • Scientists identify chain reaction that shields breast cancer stem cells from chemotherapy  
  • Novel breast tomosynthesis technique reduces screening recall rate
  • Screening MRI benefits women at average risk of breast cancer 
  • Scientists identify chain reaction that shields breast cancer stem cells from chemotherapy
  • More patients with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy in the future
  • Schizophrenia Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk  
  • Researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
  • Researchers study patients' genetic and susceptibility risk factors for lymphedema
  • Immune system plays dual role in breast cancer
  • High-risk breast cancer patients fail to receive genetic testing
  • Substantial or Modest? UK Breast Screening Cuts Deaths 21%
  • Blood test that detects changes in tumor DNA predicts survival of women with advanced breast cancer
  • Understanding when eating soy might help or harm in breast cancer treatment
Cervical Cancer
  • Screening, HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer: FDA
  • HPV vs Pap test for cervical cancer screening: Strong evidence calls for new protocols, say experts
Lung Cancer
  • Statins do not benefit patients with lung cancer, new study shows
  • Discovery of a new gene critical in the development of lung and pancreatic cancers
  • Smoking cessation counseling successful when paired with lung cancer screening
  • Lung cancer screening rates remain very low among current and former smokers
  • Lung Cancer and Your Bones
  • Older lung cancer patients face significant treatment burden
Ovarian Cancer
  • Analyzing copies of genes offers new treatment possibilities for ovarian cancer
Colorectal Cancer
  • Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
  • One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years
  • Heart Risks May Boost Women's Colon Cancer Risk, Too
Pancreatic Cancer
  • Analyzing copies of genes offers new treatment possibilities for ovarian cancer
Prostate Cancer
  • Blood Test Instead of Biopsy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  • Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
  • New radiotracer could make diagnosing prostate cancer faster and easier
  • It Adds Up: AD Therapy a Game Changer for Prostate Cancer
  • Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
Skin Cancer
  • Humorous Sun Safety Campaign Aims to 'Help a Dane' Abroad
  • Questions Over Adjuvant Ipilimumab in Melanoma
Survivorship
  • Quality of life with those with advanced cancer improved through walking
  • Many cancer survivors change their prescription drug use for financial reasons
  • Cancer survivors find online and telephone communication with health care professionals beneficial​
General Cancer Research
  • ​Childhood Cancer Survivors Living Longer
  • Tanning devices cost US healthcare $343 million a year
  • Rare but fatal pediatric brain tumor may be stopped with new molecule
  • Screening high-risk women may reduce risk of advanced ovarian cancer diagnosis
  • Cancer: New way of tracking rare T cells should improve immunotherapy
  • Broad cancer vaccine may be out of reach
  • Measuring patients' muscles to predict chemotherapy side effects
  • Death rates from cancer will fall faster in men than in women in Europe in 2017
  • Incarceration linked to excess burden of cancer, new study finds
  • Hormonal maintenance therapy may improve survival in women with chemo-resistant rare ovarian or peritoneum cancer
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy 'Sufficient' in Endometrial Cancer
  • Potential New Cancer Therapy Could Target Tumors Two Ways
  • Early Cancer Diagnoses Decline During Trying Economic Times
  • Researchers kill brain cancer in mice with combination immunotherapies
  • Regional chemotherapy technique for extremity sarcoma salvages limbs from amputation
  • Researchers identify new process to raise natural armies of cancer-targeting T lymphocytes
  • An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
  • Study reveals how melanoma spreads
  • Patient self-checks are critical to avoid potentially deadly melanoma recurrence
  • Hospital program demonstrates significant cuts in cancer care costs
  • Childhood cancer treatment may hinder later-life sexual relationships
  • Brain Tumor: Types, Symptoms, and Treatment
  • What You Don't Know About Cancer Can Kill You
  • Immunotherapy Tops Cancer Advances Again
  • Potential new drug class hits multiple cancer cell targets, boosting efficacy and safety
  • Scientists reveal potential way of boosting immune system's memory to fight cancer
  • Vitamin D discovery could prove key to new treatments for metabolic disorders and certain cancers
January 2017
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Breast Cancer​
  • ​Adjuvant Therapy: What You Need to Know
  • Needed: Better Framework for Value of HER2 Agents
  • 'Chemo Brain' Lasts for Months in Many Breast Cancer Survivors
  • Spread of triple-negative breast cancer could be halted with existing drug
  • Tucatinib (ONT-380) progressing in pivotal trial against HER2+ breast cancer
  • Breast cancer patients report 'chemo brain' is a substantial problem
  • Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict health impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
  • Study finds substantial rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy when procedure not indicated
Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer and Your Bones
  • Older lung cancer patients face significant treatment burden
Colorectal Cancer
  • Exercise May Extend Survival in Metastatic Colon Cancer
  • New sensor integrates inflammatory bowel disease detection into colonoscopy procedure
Prostate Cancer
  • Marker for Prostate Cancer That Needs Aggressive Therapy
  • For men with prostate cancer, emotional distress may lead to more aggressive treatment  
​General Cancer Research
  • Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer?
  • Breath test could help detect stomach and esophageal cancers     
  • Project to replicate landmark cancer studies meets mixed results
  • National Cancer Institute unveils new effort to speed drugs to researchers
  • How To Be An Effective Cancer Educator
  • Opinion: How do we solve the crisis in cancer communication?
  • More Chemo May Not Equal Better Outcomes in Ovarian Ca 
  • Prolonged exposure to work-related stress thought to be related to certain cancers
  • Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
  • Study reveals why cancer cells spread within the body   
  • New genes identified that regulate the spread of cancers
  • Cost, technology issues are barriers to real-time cancer patient symptom reporting
  • New genes identified that regulate the spread of cancers
  • A novel cancer immunotherapy shows early promise in preclinical studies
  • Surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers
  • Halting lethal childhood leukemia
  • Has the Affordable Care Act reduced socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening?
  • Fat fuels the road to cancer cell spread
  • Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against glioblastoma
  • Promising new drug stops spread of melanoma by 90 percent
  • New pharmacon allows testicular tumors to shrink  
  • Direct-to-brain chemo better than systemic drugs when immunotherapy is to follow
  • Study potentially explains vulnerability of young cancer patients to treatment toxicities
December 2016

Breast Cancer​
  • Bioinformatics brings to light new combinations of drugs to fight breast cancer
  • Doctor Advice (or Lack) Key to Mastectomy Decision
  • Minority Women Less Likely to Get Breast Cancer Screening
  • Developing a Multidisciplinary Team for Breast Cancer Care
Ovarian Cancer
  • Drug Combo Promising in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
  • Radical new view of ovarian cancer implicates a ‘neglected’ origin
  • New test could detect ovarian cancer patients who are strongly responding to treatment
  • Levels of DNA in blood test correlated with ovarian cancer outcomes
  • Ovarian Cancer Drug Given Fast-Track Approval
Prostate Cancer
  • ​Hope for metastatic prostate cancer patients: Targeted alpha therapy shows impressive results
  • Light therapy 'a huge leap forward' for early prostate cancer treatment
Colorectal Cancer
  • Vitamin E and selenium don't prevent polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer
  • Metabolite that promotes cancer cell transformation and colorectal cancer spread identified
​General Cancer Research
  • State, regional differences in melanoma rates 2003 vs 2013
  • Genetic complexity of cancer cells within the same tumor
  • Scientists use magnetic stem cells to fight cancer
  • Top Oncology News 2016 Quiz: Which Cancer Was It?
  • Treating cancer with drugs for diabetes and hypertension
  • Long-term anti-inflammatory drug use may increase cancer-related deaths for certain patients
  • Fat fuels the road to cancer cell spread
  • Aging and cancer: An enzyme protects chromosomes from oxidative damage  
  • New study explains how low-dose aspirin may prevent cancer
  • In Cancer Trials, Minorities Face Extra Hurdles
  • Women Uncertain About Giving Up Annual Cervical Cancer Screening
  • U.S. Melanoma Rate Is Rising, Study Finds
  • Many Cervical Cancer Patients in US Don't Receive Optimal Care
  • Hog jowls and clementines: A bid to awaken cancer patients’ ruined sense of taste
  • New Targeted Therapies Show Promise for Treating Advanced GIST
  • Racial disparities found in major surgeries at quality-improvement hospitals
  • Underserved Populations 'Left Out of Lung Cancer Screening'
  • Daily Low-Dose Aspirin May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk
  • Early surgery increases risk of death for some uterine cancer patients, Penn study finds
  • Tumor DNA in blood may serve as prognostic marker of pancreatic cancer
  • Routine blood test predicts how long cancer patients will survive
  • FDA Approves Nivolumab for Head and Neck Cancer
  • New role for Hippo pathway in suppressing cancer immunity
  • Alcohol intake associated with increased risk of melanoma 
  • Cancer patients take comfort in peer stories on online forums
  • Magic mushroom compound may help ease cancer-related depression
November 2016

Breast Cancer​
  • New strategy may drop cancer's guard
  • Breast cancer screening 'should not be stopped based on age'
  • Breast Cancer and Precision Medicine: Clin Onc News Report
  • Anti-Inflam Diet After Breast Cancer Curbs CVD Mortality
  • Breast Lump Removal: What to Expect, Recovery
  • Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: What Happens, Results, and Outlook
  • New Standard in ER+ Breast Cancer, but How to Proceed?
  • Vitamin D Levels Tied to Breast Cancer Survival
  • Vitamin D may increase survival for breast cancer patients
  • High-risk early breast cancer: no survival benefit for dose-dense chemotherapy
  • One in six women diagnosed with breast cancer have a symptom other than a lump
  • Scientists develop 'world-first' 3D mammary gland model
Cervical Cancer
  • Genotyping for HPV 16/18 May Help Triage Minor Cervical Lesions
  • Scientists advance a novel urine test to predict high-risk cervical cancer
Colorectal Cancer
  • ​Researchers find key to drug resistant bowel cancer
  • Colon Capsule Endoscopy Accurate in Polyp Detection
  • Colon CA Prognosis Impacted by Side of Origin
Lung Cancer
  • Scientists step closer to halting spread of lung cancer
  • More Immunotherapy Options Approved for Lung Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
  • ​Study identifies potential combination therapy for ovarian cancer​
Prostate Cancer
  • New imaging method can detect, monitor and guide treatment for, prostate cancer
  • Why are black men missing from prostate cancer research?
  • Prostate cancer: Johns Hopkins study supports new 5-tier GS grading system
  • Prostate cancer: Protein that controls cell energy production a disease driver
  • Prostate Exam: How is it Done and Who Should Have One?
  • Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles-up as a drug target
  • Second Opinions Don't Seem to Sway Prostate Cancer Patients
General Cancer Research
  • Stanford researchers develop new compound to reduce tumor growth
  • Palliative Care Improves QOL but Not Survival
  • In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
  • Researchers define, for the first time, how the cancer cell of origin controls invasive, metastatic properties of tumor cells
  • Rural Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows
  • New territory analyzing DNA modifications in glioblastoma
  • In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
  • NCI’s Office of Cancer Survivorship: Celebrating 20 Years, Planning for Continued Progress
  • New information on how brain cancer spreads
  • Large-scale cancer gene profiling is feasible but faces barriers
  • Cough virus kills liver cancer cells and hepatitis virus
  • Glowing tumors help surgeons cut out brain cancer with precision
  • Expensive new cancer drugs have little effect on survival of many cancers
  • Tumors reprogram the liver, causing wasting and short-circuiting body's immune response
  • Little Effect from Vax Mandates on Teen HPV Immunizations
  • Current Research on Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer
  • Cervical cancer: does pregnancy at diagnosis affect survival?
  • The Evolving Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in Oncology: A Conversation With Lillie Shockney
  • Age at Cancer Diagnosis Key in Determining Later Cardiac Risk
  • Routine School Vaccine Requirements Raise HPV Shot Rates, Too
  • Few Childhood Ca Survivors Ever Fully Recover
  • Additive in Processed Foods Tied to Colon Cancer in Mice
  • Powerful Cancer Drugs Linked to Rare Heart Risks
  • FDA Accept Biologics Application for Subcutaneous Rituximab
  • HHS Updates Carcinogen Report with Cancer-Causing Viruses, Substances
  • Web-Based Intervention May Help Cognitive Symptoms in CA Survivors
  • Promise of better targeted treatments now possible in children's brain cancer
  • New discovery in understanding chemotherapy resistance could prevent cancer cells fighting back
October 2016

Breast Cancer​
  • Older and younger women benefit equally from breast reconstruction after mastectomy
  • Follow-up Imaging Lacking for Many After Breast Cancer Surgery
  • Tamoxifen, AI therapies linked to reduced risk for contralateral breast cancer in community health care setting
  • How breast cancer screening could be better and less painful
  • Night shift work 'does not raise breast cancer risk,' study finds
Colon Cancer​
  • FIT: Excellent Alternative to Colonoscopy
Cervical Cancer
  •   Less Cervical Cancer Screening in HPV-Vaccinated Population?
Lung Cancer
  • Peripheral Neuropathy Common and Challenging in Lung Cancer
  • Neoadjuvant immunotherapy prior to surgery is safe, feasible in early lung cancer
  • Blocking Ran protein reverses resistance of lung and breast cancers
Prostate Cancer
  • Test for Postoperative Radiation Response in Prostate Cancer
  • Use of PSA for prostate screening unaffected by changes in screening guidelines, research finds
General Cancer Research
  • Promise of better targeted treatments now possible in children's brain cancer
  • New discovery in understanding chemotherapy resistance could prevent cancer cells fighting back
  • Smoking Kills, OK, But How Much Does it Kill?  
  • With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
  • Patient Empowerment and End-of-Life Planning: The Role of the Nurse Navigator
  • 3-D tumors grown in the lab provide new perspective for cancer drug discovery
  • Association Between Timing of Initiation of Adjuvant Therapy and Survival of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
  • The Adolescent With Terminal Cancer
  • Cancer Risk Reduction in the Trenches: PCPs Respond
  • Southern Discomfort: Smoking-Related Cancer Deaths
  • Fast Five Quiz: Colorectal Cancer
  • New tool for cancer patients measures the stress of expenses
  • High response rate in phase I/II pediatric brain cancer trial sets stage for combination therapy with  higher response, lower toxicity
  • Cancer treatment as a double-edged sword​
September 2016

Breast Cancer​
  • For family members at risk of BRCA-linked cancer, a $50 test
  • Obamacare tied to rise in mammograms
  • Breast Cancer Protection by Oophorectomy in BRCA1, BRCA2 Carriers
  • Which U.S. counties have the highest rates of breast cancer?​
  • New way of testing drugs could speed up development of breast cancer treatments
  • How a small implanted device could help limit metastatic breast cancer
  • Insurers may insist on counseling before genetic tests for breast cancer
  • Breast cancer switchbacks
  • ​New targets to attack aggressive cancers
Cervical Cancer
  • HPV Vaccine More Effective Than Thought: Study
  • A Doctor's Words Key to Whether Child Gets HPV Vaccine
Colorectal Cancer
  • New colonoscopy technique may save your life with less indignity and discomfort
Lung Cancer​​
  • Whole brain radiotherapy offers little benefit to people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain, despite its widespread use​
Prostate Cancer​
  • Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Less Safe for Men With Prior Heart Attack
  • How Does Prostate Cancer Affect Sex?
  • No Link Found Between Vasectomy, Prostate Cancer Risk
  • Fusion targeted prostate biopsy proves more accurate in diagnosis of prostate cancer
  • A gene defect as a potential gateway for targeted prostate cancer therapy
  • It may be time to abandon dreaded digital rectal exam, research shows
General Cancer Research​​
  • Recycling approved drugs for cancer treatment
  • Genetic switch for cancer cells' immortality revealed
  • Heart disease exercise program could work for bowel cancer patients
  • Ovarian cancer death rates have dropped in the U.S.:  Here’s why
  • 6 Types Of Cancer Caused By HPV  
  • Conflicting Interpretation of Cancer Genetic Test Results Common
  • Cancer-causing metal found in drinking water in Bergen, Passaic counties, report says
  • HPV Vaccine Linked to Population Benefit
  • Early diagnosis for ovarian cancer
  • Which Colon Cancer Screening Test Is Best?
  • High-calcium, low-lactose diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
  • Anxiety: Risk factor for death from cancer in men
  • Perkins researchers turn on cancer killing genes
  • Meeting Patients Where They Are: Liberating Clinical Trials Data Under the Cancer Moonshot
  • Childhood Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: CDC
  • Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killer
  • High factor sunscreen can decrease the risk of melanoma by 33%  
  • Computer program beats physicians at brain cancer diagnoses
  • Fighting cancer with space research
  • Cancer patients not getting adequate pain relief
  • New T cell subsets with potential to improve cellular therapy for cancer identified
  • Study examines cancer rates among World Trade Center-exposed firefighters
  • Research suggests potential role for vitamin A in pancreatic cancer
  • Ovarian cancer vaccine: Can it prevent recurrence?
  • Approach May Allow for Stem Cell Transplant without Radiation, Chemotherapy
  • Scientists have discovered a specific molecular biomarker for malignant melanoma
  • Deaths from ovarian cancer decline worldwide due to oral contraceptive use
  • Obesity linked to improved survival in kidney cancer
  • 10 Essential Facts About Lymphoma
  • Liver cancer risk influenced by blood selenium levels
August 2016

Breast Cancer
  • Cancer treatment side effects influenced by patient expectations l
  • Molecular switch may sensitize triple-negative breast cancers to immunotherapy
  • Radiologists detect breast cancer in 'blink of an eye'
  • Study links two genes to breast cancer survival
  • New DCIS consensus guideline could curb unnecessary breast surgery and reduce health system costs
  • Prevalence of estrogen receptor mutations in patients with metastatic breast cancer
  • Drug sensitivity restored in breast cancer tumors
  • Research suggests new tool for cancer treatment based on cell type
  • NCCN: 'Consider' Tomosynthesis for Mammography Screening
  • New study shows breast tumors evolve in response to hormone therapy
  • Research reveals patient can have more than one breast cancer, points at treatments
  • Mayo researchers identify breast microbiome/bacterial differences between healthy and cancerous tissue
  • Insurance, distance often prevent breast reconstruction after cancer
Colorectal Cancer
  • Vitamin A Compound Might Aid in Colon Cancer Fight
  • Retinoic acid suppresses colorectal cancer development, Stanford study finds
  • Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
  • Hispanic men in California need more screening for colorectal cancer, Study finds
  • ​Routine colonoscopy is anything but for most of us
Lung Cancer
  • Smokers with newly discovered genetic markers have higher lung cancer risk
  • In Lung Cancer, Training Computers to Be Pathologists
  • Breath Test for Lung Cancer: Research Makes Headway
  • Lung Cancer: Precancer Tests Showing Early Promise
  • New way to inhibit development of lung cancer
  • Imaging tests could provide helpful information for genetically linked lung cancer
Survivorship
  • More evidence ties insurance coverage to cancer survival
  • Cancer Survivors More Prone to Obesity, Study Finds
Prostate Cancer
  • African-American men negatively impacted by hormone therapy for treatment of prostate cancer​
General Cancer Research
  • The laser probe, the iKnife, and the cutting edge of surgery
  • Another reason to lose weight: Obesity-cancer link reaffirmed
  • Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Video
  • Study finds links between physicians setting cancer care guidelines and drug industry
  • Cancer Prevention Overview
  • Being overweight, obese linked to increased risk of eight more cancers     
  • Normalizing tumor oxygen supply could be key factor in the fight against cancer
  • Duration of Adult Obesity Affects Cancer Risk in Women
  • Will you age well? It might depend on your parents' lifespan
  • Immunotherapy: a New Weapon Against Cancer
  • Why Doctors Want A Computerized Assistant For Cancer Care
  • Cancer Overtaking Heart Disease as Europe's Biggest Killer
  • Chronic Symptoms After HPV Vaccine: Part of Wider Syndrome?
  • Most Women Are Confused About Cancer Screenings
  • Cancer Research: Outside the Ivory Towers
  • The Link Between Obesity And Surviving Cancer 
  • Pancreatic cancer resists personalized medicine-what researchers are doing to fight back
  • Blocking the migration of cancer cells to destroy them
  • Two sodas a day raises cancer risk, study finds
  • Researchers uncover complex genetic secrets of cancer risk
  • Discovery of a novel gene for hereditary colon cancer
July 2016

Breast Cancer
  • Uncovering a new principle in chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer
  • Fat cells may play key role in battle against breast cancer
  • Younger age, lymph node removal: Risk factors for pain after breast cancer surgery
  • Hops extract studied to prevent breast cancer
  • Cutting nerves during breast cancer surgery is associated with chronic pain
  • Researchers developing quick, inexpensive test to assess ER+ breast cancers
  • Acupressure reduced fatigue in breast cancer survivors
  • Breast cancer survivors not always clear about follow up care | Fox News
  • Breast cancer gene' BRCA1 linked to aggressive uterine cancer  
Colorectal Cancer
  • Genetic cause of 15 percent of colorectal cancer diagnoses identified
  • Follow-Up of Colorectal CA Screens Lacking in Older Patients
  • Engineered human colon model could aid in cancer research​
  • Genetic mutations found linked to rare cases of multiple bowel tumors
  • Regulatory T cells' involvement in the progress of colon cancer
Ovarian Cancer
  • Liquid biopsies offer hope for earlier treatment, better tracking of ovarian cancer
HPV Vaccination
  • A 'tragically underused' weapon in the cancer fight
  • HPV vaccine reduced cervical abnormalities in young women
Lung Cancer
  • CT follow-up sufficient for some lung nodules
Prostate Cancer
  • Metastatic prostate cancer cases skyrocket: More lax screening rather than more aggressive disease? 
  • New findings concerning hereditary prostate cancer
Skin Cancer
  • Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify 'cell of origin' in skin cancers
  • ​Genes Tied to Red Hair, Pale Skin Greatly Raise Melanoma Risk?
  • How to pick the right sunscreen - and which ones to avoid
General Cancer Research
  • Everything You Need to Know About the Pap Smear
  • Genetic profiling increases cancer treatment options, Sanford Health study finds
  • Indoor tanning rates among New Jersey teens remain stable following state enactment of under age 17 ban
  • Can Big Data Launch Cancer Research?
  • China approves use of GSK vaccine Cervarix for cervical cancer
  • Some adolescent cancer survivors may require more comprehensive mental health screening
  • Simple measures reduce risk of death in cancer patients in ICU
  • Genetic drivers of immune response to cancer discovered through 'big data' analysis
  • Why Some Cancer Research Data Isn't Shared
  • Soda and other sweet drinks tied to risk for some rare cancers  
  • Higher risk of cancer before and after diabetes diagnosis
  • Heart failure after first heart attack may increase cancer risk
  • Advertising by US cancer centers soars over the past decade, new analysis shows
  • Nearly 1 in 12 patients with a common cancer develop a second, unrelated malignancy, study finds
  • New 'game plan' for oncologists reflects rapid advances and need for immediate information
  • Many men ignore testicular cancer symptoms for months
June 2016

Breast Cancer
  • Method to reroute lymphatic system may help lymphedema treatment
  • Extended Adjuvant Therapy Beneficial for Some Women with Breast Cancer
  • Has breast MRI been performed upside down?
  • Breast cancer: Existing drug shows promise for prevention in high-risk women
  • Breast cancer diagnosis improves with help from artificial intelligence
  • Why Aren't Women Told About New, Better Way To Detect Breast Cancer? A Real Scandal
  • New research provides hope for patients with hard-to-treat breast cancer
  • Research explains the role of the gene BRCA1 in DNA repair​
  • New compound shows potential for triple-negative breast cancer
  • Study may help reassure women taking tamoxifen for breast cancer
  • ​Diabetes drug Metformin holds promise for cancer treatment and prevention
Colorectal Cancer    
  • Landmark study gives clearest picture of genetic causes of bowel cancer
  • New Guidelines Say Don't Skip Colon Cancer Screenings
  • U.S. preventive services task force updates recommendations regarding screening for colorectal cancer
  • People can choose their colon cancer screening method: U.S. panel
  • ​Updated Surveillance Colonoscopy Guidelines: The Gastro and Endo News Report​
  • New pre-surgery technique may make colostomy bags redundant for emergency bowel cancer patients
Lung Cancer
  • Middle-aged more likely to be diagnosed with advanced lung cancer
  • Lung cancer patients who have surgery live longer
Skin Cancer
  • Topical skin creams effective to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma: New study
General Cancer Research
  • The Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel: Moving Toward a Final Report
  • ​OncoBreak: Blood Cancer Pipeline Fills; Prevention Works; 3D-Printer Wigs?
  • New knowledge about DNA repair can be turned into cancer inhibitors
  • Cancer Cells Can Be Passed Between Individuals And Between Species
  • An effective but painful treatment
  • Tumor cells develop predictable characteristics that are not random, say Moffitt Cancer Center researchers
  • Cancer-preventing protein finds its own way in our DNA
  • Coffee unlikely to cause cancer, but very hot drinks could
  • New Tool Predicts Cancer Patient Survival Time
  • It's Time for 'Precision Prevention' of Melanoma
  • Young cancer survivors are more likely to smoke than people without cancer history
  • Laser ablation becomes increasingly viable treatment for prostate cancer
  • Family doctors have poor knowledge of lung cancer screening, study says
  • Oncology Value Framework Moves Toward Test
  • Cancer: A step towards a universal cancer vaccine
  • Ovarian Cancer: HMT Extends Survival
  • Collaboration demonstrates potential treatment breakthrough for advanced brain cancer
  • FDA approves first blood test to detect gene mutation associated with non-small cell lung cancer
  • Imaging biomarker distinguishes prostate cancer tumor grade
  • One in 5 women with ovarian cancer does not undergo surgery, Penn study reveals
  • 'Collective Wisdom' on Display at ASCO 2016
  • New study suggests healthy lifestyle habits plays a role in preventing cancer
  • FDA Approves First Immunotherapy for Lymphoma
  • Palliative, hospice care lacking among dying cancer patients, Stanford researcher finds
  • New study lays groundwork for potential new anti-cancer therapy
  • VP Biden Addresses Oncologists, Urges Collaboration
  • Giving chemotherapy after radiotherapy improves survival for patients with rare brain tumour
  • T-cell receptor sequencing reveals novel biomarkers for ovarian cancer
  • Trial shows improved 5 year survival for pancreatic cancer patients
  • Chemotherapy and exercise: The right dose of workout helps side effects
May 2016
​

Breast Cancer
  • Testing non-breast cancer genes in high-risk women leaves more questions than answers​​
  • Use of complementary, alternative medicine affects initiation of chemotherapy
  • Stopping cancer in its tracks
  • New approaches to eradicate aggressive breast cancers
  • High fruit intake during adolescence linked with lower breast cancer risk
  • Snoring, lack of sleep may reduce breast cancer survival
  • Mouse study: Triple-therapy cocktail shrinks triple-negative breast tumors
  • Identification of a chemotherapy resistance factor in breast cancer patients
  • Racial Disparities in BRCA1/2 Testing Among Women With Breast Cancer
  • Breast cancer cells flushed out of hiding
  • First large-scale proteogenomic study of breast cancer provides insight into potential therapeutic targets
  • Study finds breast and ovarian cancer may have similar origins
  • Many young adult female cancer survivors need more information and support to preserve their fertility
 Colorectal Cancer
  • Findings light the way for new treatments in colitis, colon cancer
  • Ovary removal may increase the risk of colorectal cancer​​
  • Changes needed to increase access to colorectal cancer screening
  • Colon cancer: Primary tumor location predicts survival
  • A little excess weight may boost colon cancer survival
  • Time to Drop the 'No-Eating Rule' Before Colonoscopy?
  • Blood Test Shows Promise as Colorectal Cancer Screen
  • Survival Disparities Identified in Young African Americans with Colorectal Cancer
  • Study Finds Uptick in Young-Onset Colon Cancer
  • Screening Boosts CRC Survival in Vets
Prostate Cancer
  • Prostate cancer screening guidelines called into question​​
  • Radiotherapy halves deaths from prostate cancer 15 years after diagnosis
  • Unrealistic expectations for many men with localized prostate CA
 General Cancer Research
  • Research findings reveal potential to reverse cancer-related nerve pain
  • Study points to therapeutic target for common, aggressive ovarian cancer
  • Tension-sensitive molecule helps cells divide chromosomes accurately
  • Antibody appears to attack cancer cells, leaving other cells unscathed
  • Pond scum and the gene pool: One critical gene in green algae responsible for multicellular evolution, understanding of cancer origin
  • Starving cancer the key to new treatments, say scientists
  • Study contradicts belief that cancer protects against Alzheimer's​​
  • Study identifies potential treatment target for pancreatic cancer
  • Exercise may reduce risk of cervical cancer   
  • Can Most Cancer Really Be Prevented?
  • Cancer risk: Is it influenced by a healthy lifestyle?
  • Drug that Jimmy Carter used shows promise for cancer treatment
  • 'Sunscreen' Gene May Guard Against Skin Cancer
  • Immunotherapy drug for bladder cancer approved by FDA
  • A drug that uses the immune system to fight a common type of cancer just got approved   
  • Scripps Florida scientists show commonly prescribed painkiller slows cancer growth
  • Deadly brain cancer genes identified
  • Lung cancer survival rate increases by 73 percent if caught early
  • Cancer immunotherapy 'takes the brakes off natural killer cells'           
April 2016

Breast Cancer
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center-led study finds explanation for some treatment-resistant breast cancers
  • Breast density and outcomes of supplemental breast cancer screening
  • How breast cancer cells slide to metastasis
  • BRCA1 gene mutation linked to fewer eggs in ovaries
  • Common Class of Breast Cancer Drugs May Not Trigger 'Chemo Brain': Study
  • Is It Rational For Breast Cancer Patients To Have Bilateral Mastectomies?
  • No increased risk of fatal cardiovascular events for breast cancer patients on newer hormone therapy
  • Study finds explanation for some treatment-resistant breast cancers
  • Breast Cancer Gene Might Lower Women's Fertility: Study
  • Many Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Chemo
  • Vitamin D Deficiency May Promote Spread of Some Breast Cancers
  • ​Potential effects of fertility treatments on breast density, cancer risk
  • Cartilage protein may contribute to the development of breast cancer
  • Genetic link confirmed between non-invasive breast cancer (DCIS) and development of invasive disease
  • Dressed to kill: Tailoring a suit for tumor-penetrating cancer meds
  • Molecular marker in healthy tissue can predict a woman's risk of getting the disease, research says
  • More guidelines, uniformity in RT needed following chemotherapy, surgery in breast cancer
  • Researchers discover novel risk factor in breast cancer protein 1 (BRCA1) for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Lung Cancer
  • 'Liquid biopsy' blood test detects genetic mutations in common form of lung cancer
Cervical Cancer
  • HPV vaccine effective in youth with kidney disease, but less so in those with a kidney transplant
Prostate Cancer
  • New Treatment Target Identified for Key Prostate Cancer Driver
  • Process that drives prostate cancer metastasis uncovered
  • Drop in cigarette smoking linked to decline in prostate cancer deaths
  • New research suggests early life factors could increase prostate cancer risk
  • High-Dose Radiation and Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
General Cancer Research
  • 93 percent of advanced leukemia patients in remission after immunotherapy
  • MicroRNA pathway could lead to new avenues for leukemia treatment
  • For some cancers, risk lower among kids of non-US-born Hispanic mothers
  • Targeted Photoimmunotherapy Approach for Cancer Moves Forward      
  • Fighting Cancer With Killer T-Cells: 5 Developments To Watch
  • Machine learning as good as humans' in cancer surveillance, study shows
  • Precision medicine: is it becoming a reality for childhood cancer?
  • Alcohol and processed meat linked to stomach cancer
  • Taking aspirin could increase cancer survival by 20 percent
  • Pembrolizumab Shows Promise in Patients with Rare Form of Skin Cancer          
  • Incidence of diagnosed thyroid cancer may be leveling off
  • UCLA research suggests that gut bacteria could help prevent cancer
  • Immunotherapy with live bacterium improves response rate in malignant pleural mesothelioma
  • Study discovers link between cancer and autism
  • Link between obesity, kidney cancer identified
  • Protein discovered that spreads cancer
  • High rate of cancer recurrence found in certain hepatitis C patients
  • Researchers discover liver metastases have different radiation sensitivities 
  • Compound from unique blue-green algae could be key to next anti-cancer drug
  • Researchers link higher levels of vitamin D to reduced cancer risk
  • Run for your life: Exercise protects against cancer
  • Test run finds no cancer risk from stem cell therapy
  • Scientists discover a new mechanism of resistance to chemotherapy
  • Chemotherapy And Radiation Combo Boosts Brain Cancer Survival Rates, Study Says
Colorectal Cancer
  • Cholesterol levels, not statins, influence colorectal cancer risk
  • Eating Nuts Linked to Lower Risk of Colon Cancer
  • Only half of advanced rectal cancer patients receiving standard therapy
March 2016

Breast Cancer
  • Vitamin D deficiency contributes to spread of breast cancer in mice, Stanford study finds
  • Breast cancer: The mental trauma of severe disease
  • Processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer for Latinas, study finds
  • Single dose of trastuzumab kick starts immune response in certain breast cancers
  • Omega-3s could lower breast cancer risk in obese women, study suggests
  • Cancer breakthrough? Drug combo eradicated breast cancer tumors in 11 days
  • Multi-gene test identifies early breast cancer that may be spared chemo
  • Adding ultrasound or tomosynthesis to standard mammograms can detect missed cancers in dense breasts
  • Breast Cancer And Obesity Link Suggests New Treatment Approach
  • Alcohol triggers breast cancer-causing gene
  • Mammograms: Another way to screen for heart disease?
  • ​Genetic changes could indicate an increase in tumour aggressiveness
  • NIST develops first widely useful measurement standard for breast cancer MRI
Colorectal Cancer
  • Small, regular dose of aspirin keeps colorectal cancer at bay
  • Routine colonoscopies save lives
  • Study explores how high-fat diet influences colon cancer
  • Spanish researchers prove the great antitumoral potential of a compound derived from olives
  • Not Just a Man's Disease
  • Early detection tools promise to reduce the financial burden of lung and colorectal cance
  • New treatment reduces precancerous polyps in hereditary cancer patients
Lung Cancer
  • Cancer cells' evasive action revealed
  • Study identifies possible marker for lung cancer chemotherapy
  • Carbohydrates linked to increased risk for lung cancer
  • Researchers find a new genetic target for most common lung cancer
  • High numbers of patients in poorer countries are missing lung cancer tests and treatment
Prostate Cancer
  • Prostate cancer and radiotherapy: second malignancy risk?
  • Surgery improves survival rates for men with prostate cancer if radiation treatments fail
  • Prostate cancer detection from urine RNA steps closer
  • Scientists distinguish molecules most capable of fighting prostate cancer
  • Opinion Makers: Revisiting the USPSTF Decision on PSA Tests
General Cancer Research
  • Cancer treatment on a cellular level
  • Toward diagnosing diseases such as cancer in their earliest stages
  • A new weapon in the fight against children's brain tumors developed at U-M  
  • Researchers find Achilles' heel of a severe form of childhood leukemia
  • New trial launched to test cancer vaccine
  • Type 1 diabetes raises risk for certain cancers, study finds
  • Herbal remedies may be risky for cancer patients  
  • Rice scientists synthesize anti-cancer agent
  • Final review of health problems that may be linked to Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War
  • U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall
  • Cancer Overtakes CVD as Leading Cause of Death in Half of US
  • Long-term Aspirin Tied to Small Drop in Overall Cancer Risk
  • Cancer death rates decreasing nationwide
  • Keeping Pace: How New Data Can Affect Ongoing Clinical Trials
  • Why some tumors withstand treatment
  • Conflicting expectations result in failure of young girls completing HPV vaccinations series
  • Cellular protein plays important role in aggressive childhood cancer
  • Neurofeedback reduces pain, increases quality of life for cancer patients suffering from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
  • The financial burden of surviving cancer      
  • Microneedle patch delivers localized cancer immunotherapy to melanoma
  • Cancer cells show resilient nuclear rupture repair, but expose weakness in doing so
  • Team achieves breakthrough in diagnosis of melanoma skin cancer
  • Childhood chemo: how does it affect fertility later in life?
  • Study: Free pap screening does not increase participation
  • Cancer Survival in the United States and Canada
  • Gene variant may contribute to increased cancer risk in African-Americans
  • Obama Task Force Director On The Cancer 'Moonshot' Initiative
  • Genetic changes could indicate an increase in tumour aggressiveness
  • Choosing to die at home does not hasten death for patients with terminal cancer
  • New Strategy for Treating Advanced Ovarian Cancer Shows Promise in Mice
 Skin Cancer
  • What is sun protection factor (SPF)? What is the best sunscreen?
Cervical Cancer
  • Mismatched expectations are the most common reason for patients not completing the HPV  vaccine series, study finds
Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer patients needed for clinical trial/research study for treatment targeting immune system
February 2016

​Breast Cancer
  • Physical parameters matter in cancer cells' metastatic ability
  • Preventive surgery for women at high risk of breast, ovarian cancer
  • New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Survivors​
  • Gene previously observed only in brain is important driver of metastatic breast cancer
  • Genetic Testing For BRCA Breast Cancer Gene On The Rise In Young Women; Does It Even Influence Treatment Decisions?
  • ​Increasing BRCA testing rates in young women with breast cancer
  • Indoor Tanning and Melanoma Risk: Oncotherapy Network & Cancer Network
  • Omega-3 fatty acids may lower breast cancer risk in postmenopausal obese women
Colorectal Cancer
  • Turning down the volume on cancer
  • Time between positive fecal blood test and colonoscopy varies widely
  • Recommendations Developed for CRC Screening in Primary Care
General Cancer News
  • Only a minority of cancer cells affect the growth and metastasis of tumors
  • Radon: Facts, Exposure and Effects
  • 'Gene fusion' mutation uses three-way mechanism to drive childhood brain cancers
  • Not enough kids receiving the recommended three doses of HPV vaccination
  • Long-term cancer survivors still need guidance about screening, side effects, lifestyle
  • New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer
  • Gene switch may repair DNA and prevent cancer
  • Study finds mechanism by which obesity promotes pancreatic and breast cancer
  • Prospective Study Links HPV Detection in the Mouth to Head and Neck Cancer
  • Biden gathers forces to end cancer: Can he make a difference?
  • Drug combination may treat most aggressive lung cancer
  • Cancer death rates show wide geographic variation
  • Younger T cells may improve immunotherapy for children's cancer
  • Potential therapy for most aggressive type of lung cancer in preclinical models
  • Colorectal cancer patients need colonoscopy after cancer resection
  • Connection between anal cancer, HPV
  • Cancer study is 'paradigm shift' in cause of tumor formationNCI-DOE Collaboration Paving Way for Large-Scale Computational Cancer Science
  • Scientists Have a New Way to Fight Cancer: Blowing It Up
  • Colonoscopy Complications Occur at Surprisingly High Rate
  • Indoor Tanning and Melanoma Risk: Oncotherapy Network & Cancer Network
  • Scientists successfully train immune system to kill cancer
  • Cancer cure? T cell therapy targets disease
  • Discovery lays the foundation to expand personalized chemotherapy for leukemia patients  
Prostate Cancer
  • New milestone for device that can 'smell' prostate cancer​
Lung Cancer
  • Immune-targeting drug combo shows promise for lung cancer patients
Cervical Cancer
  • HPV rates fallen sharply in young women since vaccine introduced
January 2016

​Breast Cancer
  • Study links high sugar intake to increased risk of breast cancer
  • Travel distance is still a barrier to breast reconstruction after mastectomy
  • New method for better treatment of breast cancer
  • New breast cancer drug may be effective against other types of cancer
  • Incidence of Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer Examined
  • Doctor Says Delaying Mammograms Puts Lives at Risk
  • Breast cancer study suggests new potential drug targets and combinations
  • ​False-positive mammography results are common
  • Recommendation to omit radiation therapy after lumpectomy is not frequently implemented
  • ​Targeted axillary dissection of lymph nodes after chemotherapy improves staging accuracy of node-positive breast cancer​
  • Immune system takes long time to recover after breast cancer chemo
  • Non-recommended screenings for prostate, breast cancer in older individuals
Colorectal Cancer
  • Enhanced recovery program for colorectal surgery patients can save money for hospitals
  • New potential treatment for colorectal cancer discovered
  • ​Tumor suppressor gene promotes some colorectal cancers
  • Virtual colonoscopy an alternative to fecal occult blood test and colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening?
  • Link between obesity and increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed​
  • ​1 in 7 colorectal cancer patients diagnosed before recommended screening age
Lung Cancer
  • Researchers kill drug-resistant lung cancer with 50 times less chemo
  • Lung cancer affecting more nonsmokers
  • Smokers With Pneumonia at Risk for Lung Cancer: Study
Skin Cancer
  • Three New Therapies Approved for Multiple Myeloma
Prostate Cancer
  • Why prostate cancer is more aggressive in obese patients
  • New tool to determine the risk of prostate cancer death
 Ovarian Cancer
  • Up to 50 percent of women with advanced-stage ovarian cancer could be cured with 1 treatment model
General Cancer News
  • Cancer death rate continues steady drop
  • Scientist identifies energy sensor as potential target for cancer drugs
  • Improving access to clinical trials when biopsies are required
  • Quickly identifying tumors by using antibodies​
  • ​Geographic Factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Initiation Among Adolescent Girls in the United States
  • Study finds how diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer
  • Straddling Conventional and Alternative Cancer Treatment - The New York Times
  • Personalized vaccines may hold promise for ovarian cancer treatment | Fox News
  • For Cancer Survivors, Expenses Keep Mounting
  • New pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor's offices and operating rooms
  • Childhood cancer survivors face increased risk of metabolic syndrome and premature cardiovascular disease
  • A new emerging hallmark of cancer
  • New study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
  • Study shows inferior outcomes for African-American pediatric lymphoma patients
December 2015
  • NYU study identifies method for detecting latent stage of lymphedema
  • Uncovering potentially 'concerning' variation in cancer screening follow-ups
  • Immunotherapy drug more effective than chemotherapy in most patients with advanced lung cancer, study finds
  • Younger age associated with increased likelihood of targetable genotype in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
  • Researchers develop new method for looking into the lungs
  • New tool for detecting and measuring aggressiveness of prostate cancer
  • FDA propose to ban use of tanning beds by under-18s
  • TSRI and St. Jude scientists study single 'transformer' proteins with role in cancer
  • IU researchers find magnesium intake may be beneficial in preventing pancreatic cancer
  • Study finds that more than one-third of patients with metastatic cancer continue to work
  • Probing the mystery of how cancer cells die
  • American Cancer Society program increases healthy practices in the workplace
  • Study shows test aids physicians in Tamoxifen drug monitoring, including non-compliance due to side effects
  • Treating colon cancer with vitamin A
  • Study uncovers hard-to-detect cancer mutations
  • Analysis shows survival rates for patients with localized prostate cancer better with surgery compared to radiotherapy
  • Research reveals promising novel strategy to target cancer-causing protein
  • Low cost, safe and accurate test could help diagnose rare childhood cancers
  • Type of electromagnetic field therapy improves survival for patients with brain tumor
  • Medication protects fertility and defense system during chemotherapy
  • New model of collaborative cancer research may help advance precision medicine studies
  • Promising cancer therapy advanced by chemical explanation
  • ​Common therapy for prostate cancer may raise risk of Alzheimer's
  • Could a scan someday replace lymph node biopsy?
  • Imaging test detects aggressive, treatment-resistant cancers
  • Combined imaging modalities may change cancer management
  • Cancer patients' access to minimally invasive hysterectomies remains persistently limited
  • Racial disparities found in major surgeries at quality-improvement hospitals
  • New guideline addresses long-term needs of breast cancer survivors
  • Delaying chemotherapy in breast cancer patients reduces overall survival ​
  • Why does tamoxifen work better in some women?
  • Drugs prevent heart damage during breast cancer treatment, study shows
  • Breast-conserving therapy yielded better outcomes than mastectomy for early-stage patients
  • Study offers insights to how ovarian cancer grows -- and potential to stop it
  • Taking antidepressants with cancer drug does not increase breast-cancer recurrence
  • Medicaid expansion improves breast cancer screening for low-income women 
  • Female hormone supplements with estrogen and progestin linked to breast cancer risk
  • ​Breast cancer gene BRCA1 may be involved in Alzheimer's disease
  • ​​False-positive mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer later
November 2015
  • Obesity not a factor in racial/ethnic variation in cancer screening compliance
  • An ounce of cancer prevention is worth a moment of your attention
  • Changes in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and initial treatment among young women before and after ACA
  • City-wide effort boosts NYC's colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates racial disparities in screening
  • Forecasting the path of breast cancer in a patient
  • Breast MRI after mammography may identify additional aggressive cancers
  • Study analysis shows screening for cervical cancer with Pap+HPV Together could provide better outcomes than screening with HPV alone
  • Early cancer diagnosis balancing act for GPs
  • Suicide rate significantly higher for patients with head and neck cancer
  • Researchers find experimental drug can help fight debilitating side effect of ovarian cancer
  • Global task force tackles problem of untreatable cancers and disease relapse
  • Researchers identify a new mode of drug resistance to emerging therapies in prostate cancer
  • Socioeconomic factors associated with undergoing surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer
  • Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large economic toll
  • Research points to why some colorectal cancers recur after treatment
  • Blood test detects when hormone treatment for breast cancer stops working
  • New model helps predict breast cancer risk in Hispanic women
  • Environmental factors may contribute to the development of some childhood cancers
  • Researchers develop 'killer cells' to destroy cancer in lymph nodes
  • Researchers call for investment in cancer control in low- and middle-income countries
  • Melanoma's genetic trajectories are charted in new study
  • Blood sample new way of detecting cancer
  • Lung cancer surgery can be beneficial for high-risk patients with early stage disease
  • Study of breast cancer metastasis upends conventional wisdom, suggesting new treatment strategy
  • Researchers strive to improve breast cancer treatment
  • Breast cancer adjuvant therapy benefit can wax and wane over time, study finds
  • Simple test predicts response to chemotherapy in lung cancer patients  
  • Ovarian cancer risk depends on reproductive factors
  • Changes urged to radiotherapy practice that could save NHS tens of millions per year
  • Mysterious cancer spreads from tapeworm to human
  • 'Liquid biopsy' promotes precision medicine by tracking patient's cancer
  • New research could help in the fight against infection, cancer and allergies
  • Chemotherapy-induced hearing loss affects cognition in pediatric brain tumor survivors
  • When pregnant women get cancer, what happens to their babies?
  • Study: Only 1 in 5 US pancreatic cancer patients get this key blood test at diagnosis
October 2015
  • Test could predict whether breast cancer will spread to the brain
  • Alcohol intake increases the risk of breast cancer
  • More than 11 moles on your arm could indicate higher risk of melanoma
  • Highly reliable urine test developed for the early detection of a common type of bladder cancer
  • A new way to starve lung cancer?
  • New test could make chemo unnecessary for many with testicular cancer
  • The dilemma of screening for prostate cancer
  • Double enzyme hit may explain common cancer drug side effect
  • Lack of referrals for suspected cancer leads to more deaths
  • Malaria protein shows potential as cancer treatment
  • Breast cancer drug beats superbug
  • Scientists find cause of reduced drug sensitivity in HER2-positive breast cancer
  • Ethnic groups receive different treatment for breast cancer
  • Destructive disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
  • Cancer survivors often have poor diets, which can affect their long-term health
  • Identification of genetic features in breast cancer subtype may help guide therapy
  • Blood cancers: Half-matched donor bone marrow transplant may be as good as full match
  • Two-hit therapy for breast tumors using approved drugs looks promising in animal study
  • Online advertising can deliver targeted cancer prevention messages
  • Predictive model could help guide choices for breast cancer therapies
  • Single mastectomy is a more cost-effective treatment for nonhereditary cancer in one breast than removing both breasts
  • Research calls for stricter screening recommendations for family history of colon cancer
  • Routine use of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer still to be established
  • Researcher calls for changes to colorectal cancer screening guidelines
  • Patients with melanoma skin cancers don't regularly perform thorough skin self-exams
September 2015
  • Underdetection, not overdiagnosis, is the real problem in breast cancer screening
  • Sniffing out cancer with improved 'electronic nose' sensors
  • Researchers develop effective program targeting first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer 
  • New prostate cancer treatments could target metabolism
  • Treatment-free intervals in ovarian cancer not linked to initial response
  • U.S. cervical cancer screening practices show room for improvement
  • Metastatic breast cancer cells turn on stem cell genes
  • Scientists use microchip approach to visualize human breast cancer proteins
  • Researchers develop a likely new combo treatment for the deadliest form of brain cancer
  • Men with unaggressive prostate tumors 'unlikely to develop, die from prostate cancer'
  • Cellular recycling complexes may hold key to chemotherapy resistance
  • To tailor cancer treatment: Study uses computer simulation to model patient cancer DNA
  • Newly engineered CAR T cells can better discriminate between cancer and normal cells
August 2015
  • Scientists identify possible key in virus, cancer research
  • Childhood Cancer: Don't Look Away
  • Heart Drug Linked to Extra Years for Cancer Patients
  • Study Suggests Some Treatment For Early Breast Cancer Is Unnecessary
  • Endometrial cancer on the rise in U.S., black women most at risk
  • Obesity drives breast cancer by altering fatty tissue
  • Progress Against Cancer: Hope Conquering Hype
  • A Fuller Life After Rectal Cancer Treatment
  • A Mouthwash Rinse May Predict Throat Cancer Recurrence
  • Daily Coffee May Boost Colon Cancer Survival
  • Another Side Effect of Cancer: Suicidal Thoughts
  • For Cancer-Detecting Canines, The Nose Knows
  • Low Hanging Fruit: Cervical Cancer And How The US Is Falling Behind
  • Memory Problems Due to 'Cancer Brain' and Not 'Chemo Brain'?
  • Tell-tale biomarker detects early breast cancer in NIH-funded study
  • More women than ever are surviving ovarian cancer, study finds
  • A Cutting-Edge Fertility Technique For Pediatric Cancer Patients
  • Tool Could Limit Invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • Researchers find mutations that contribute to rare blood cancer
  • Spirituality May Benefit Cancer Patients
  • Skin cancer can be deadly, but in less severe cases may cause scarring
  • How chronic inflammation can lead to cancer
  • Combo Treatment May Boost Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
  • Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Underused, Study Finds
  • Urine test for early-stage pancreatic cancer could help save hundreds of lives
  • There's a vaccine to prevent some cancers. So why aren't adolescents getting it?
  • Exercise In Your Teen Years Pays Off, According To New Study
JULY 2015
  • How Will Open-Source Research Help Cure Cancer?
  • Five subtypes of prostate cancer identified, paving way for more personalized treatments
  • Rehab Before Cancer Treatment Can Help Patients Bounce Back
  • When Cancer Triggers (or Hides) an Eating Disorder
  • Vulnerable populations often miss cancer warning signs
  • Doctors Press For Action To Lower 'Unsustainable' Prices For Cancer Drugs
  • Here's the Amount of Exercise That Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
  • Too Much Sitting May Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
  • Prenatal tests can now reveal whether a mom-to-be has cancer
  • Hope and Resilience: How Parents Cope With a Child's Cancer
  • Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer
  • Despite National Progress, Colorectal Cancer Hot Spots Remain
  • 'Genuine Change' in US Prostate Cancer Management
  • Fred Hutch president: Cancer cure could come in ten years
  • Oncologists Worry About Rising Costs of Cancer Treatment
JUNE 2015
  • Beating cancer: What comes next for survivors?
  • A virtual "walk" through the colon could detect cancer earlier
  • Diagnosing prostate cancer—PSA testing, biomarkers and beyond
  • Doctors Propose Tool to Help Gauge the Value of Cancer Drugs
  • The Versatile E-Nose Detects Everything From Cat-Poop Coffee To Cancer
  • Conquering Cancer: Personalized Medicine Is the Future
  • Mayo Clinic research looks at turning off cancer's growth
  • 8 signs of breast cancer women need to observe
  • Avocados Provide Clue to Fighting Cancer, New Study Shows
  • Death toll from smoking goes way beyond lung cancer, study says
  • This Trans Man's Breast Cancer Nightmare Exemplifies The Problem With Transgender Health Care
  • How to protect yourself from skin cancer
  • Battling cancer with exercise, nutrition and mental health
  • Some child cancer survivors face long-term physical, emotional challenges
  • The Same Probiotic That’s In Your Yogurt Could Detect Liver Cancer
  • Scientists Develop Way to Stop Breast Cancer from Spreading
  • Mom’s Diet During Pregnancy Can Affect Child’s Lifetime Cancer Risk
  • The W.H. Must Do More for Older LGBT Cancer Survivors
  • Study: Vaccine against cervical cancer might work after just 1 shot instead of 3
  • Life after cancer
  • Prenatal testing may detect early-stage maternal cancer, study says
  • Cancer survivors celebrate life
  • National Cancer Survivors Day
  • How Does A Normal Cell Become A Cancer Cell?
  • Local mom's message about breast cancer goes viral
  • The Three Reasons So Many People are Getting Cancer (Op-Ed)
  • Breast cancer screening cuts chance of dying from disease by 40%, says experts 
  • 10 Things Those With Breast Cancer Need To Know
  • On The Death Of Beau Biden, Brain Cancer, Progress And Hope
  • Pairing of Two Bristol-Myers Drugs Sees Success in Battling Skin Cancer, Study Says
  • Cancer drug combination 'shrinks 60% of melanomas'
MAY 2015
  • Long-term death rate among childhood cancer survivors falls by half
  • Harvard medical professor: Big data and analytics help cure cancer
  • Obesity 'causes one in five cancer deaths'
  • CimaVax EGF, Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine, Is Coming To America (And That's Just The Beginning)
  • Scientists trace cancer-causing chemical in drinking water back to methadone
  • Cold sore virus 'treats skin cancer'
  • Ovarian cancer biomarkers found
  • Doctors Aren't Recommending Colon Cancer Tests To Those Who Need It Most
  • Expert advises people to stay aware of skin cancer
  • Ex-MLB pitcher and Western Mass. native Mike Trombley: Take skin cancer seriously
  • Shoreline women in up-close-and-personal emotional documentary, ‘Cancer? Seriously?’
  • Lisa Royle's Viral Breast Cancer Selfie Could Aid Early Detection
  • Are gene flaws key to treating advanced prostate cancer?
  • How a Childhood Vaccine Reduces Risk of a Cancer
  • Surgical breakthrough preserves fertility after cervical cancer
  • New Test Improves Accuracy of PSA, Prostate Cancer Detection
  • Cancer screening: An example of when less can be more, experts say
  • Human ingenuity takes on cancer’s Darwinian ways
  • Cancer may leave early warning signs in cheek cells
  • Study: Tobacco use a cause of childhood poverty
  • UN health agency devotes World No Tobacco Day 2015 to combatting illegal tobacco trade
  • No Tobacco Day May 31 / Anti-Drug Event May 30
  • Tobacco firms get partial win over claims on smoking effects
  • Big Tobacco goes into battle over plain packaging
  • Smoking Rates Are Down, But A Different Type Of Tobacco Use Is On The Rise
  • FDA Denies R.J. Reynolds Request to Weaken Smokeless Tobacco Warning
  • Do e-cigarettes really help smokers quit tobacco? Evidence not there, study finds
  • May 31 is World No Tobacco Day
  • FDA has summer to finalize tobacco deeming regs, Senate Dem says
  • MRI might predict breast cancer risk in some women
  • Cancer-fighting Harvard student looks to a future in STEM 
  • Skin cancer victim shares shocking selfie of painful scabs and blisters in stark warning against using sunbeds
  • 5 myths about breast cancer
  • Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine - and America wants it
  • Cancer care may get easier
  • Skin cancer awareness and prevention
  • Hospital's new ultrasound system to improve breast cancer detection
  • It's World Ovarian Cancer Day, and here are 8 things you need to know about this disease
  • Survival odds improving for ovarian cancer
  • What cancer patients need to know
  • Cancer drug spending tops $100 Billion, up 10% in a year
  • May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Prevention month
  • IBM collaborates with 14 cancer institutes to decipher genomic data
  • New cancer drugs are expensive, but price control are misguided
  • Americans still skip life-saving cancer tests
  • Cancer survivor designs cards that say all the right things
  • Identifying skin cancer: 37 photos you need to see
  • New ovarian cancer test twice as effective as existing methods
  • New video warns firefighters of cancer dangers
  • Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer
  • We can win the war on cancer
  • Worse survival after lung cancer surgery for residents of poor neighborhoods
  • May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month
  • Changes in the blood can predict cancer years in advance
APRIL 2015
  • Bodily changes can signal ovarian cancer
  • The future of cancer: closer to a cure
  • Cancer rates among patients with hepatitis C are increased compared to those not infected
  • Cuba has had a lung cancer vaccine for years
  • Tanning salons boast health benefits in bogus ad campaigns: officials 
  • Insurance coverage for mammograms jeopardized by new guidelines, congresswoman and breast cancer survivor says
  • Overconsumption of vitamins and supplements increases risk of cancer: doctor 
  • Colorectal cancer: what you should know
  • Could broccoli protect against cancer?
  • 8 ways to significantly lower your chance of ever getting cancer
  • New blood test shows promise in cancer fight
  • The state of the cancer nation
  • AstraZeneca reports strong progress with cancer drugs ahead of results
  • Study sparks debate on accuracy of genome tests for cancer patients
  • The oral cancer risk you might not know about
  • Being fit at midlife seems to reduce cancer risk later
  • Big bills a hidden side effect of cancer treatment
  • Breath test might spot stomach cancer risk
  • Muscle-building supplements increase risk of testicular cancer
  • 17% of women diagnosed with breast cancer 'waited over a month to see GP'
  • Israeli team finds two proteins that can suppress cancer
  • HPV vaccine in men would save costs of treating throat cancer
  • Why some doctors hesitate to screen smokers for lung cancer
  • Why survival rate is not the best way to judge cancer spending
  • Can cancer be stopped?: One of the world’s most decorated doctors on the remarkable progress made and the daunting road ahead
  • How dogs can help diagnose prostate cancer
  • Sound waves could help detect hard-to-find cancer cells 
  • Discovery of brain cancer cell weakness may improve treatment
  • Research: genes could be key in the cancer fight
  • Personalized cancer vaccines have already helped treat three patients
  • Fitness affects men’s cancer risks, survival rates
  • Can we beat cancer at its own game?
  • U.S. cancer incidence & mortality are mostly stable or decreasing
  • Removal of ovaries, fallopian tubes to reduce cancer risk becoming more common
  • Experimental cancer drug shrinks tumors by half: study
MARCH 2015
  • Easier screening tests for colon cancer
  • What I hope everyone learns from PBS' big cancer documentary
  • Report finds troubling breast cancer rates in black women
  • New data helps doctors zero in on breast cancer risks, treatments
  • The condition cancer research is in
  • Ken Burns tackles history of cancer
  • Colon cancer patient 'poster boy' for regular screening
  • Diabetes, Advanced Breast Cancer Linked in Study
  • '60 Minutes' examines polio as cancer treatment
  • Colon cancer is preventable; people need to get screened
  • Ovarian cancer treatment set to improve following biomarker discovery
  • Angelina Jolie can’t raise cancer awareness alone
  • Consuming three alcoholic drinks a day may cause liver cancer – study
  • Top weedkiller could cause cancer. Should we be scared?
  • Stats split on progress against cancer
  • Fetuses reacting to moms' smoking
  • New PBS cancer documentary filmed at Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Smoking may be linked to prostate cancer's return
  • Do we need to end the 'war' on cancer?
  • Meet Harlem's $238 million cancer killer
  • Dana-Farber study questions benefits of online genetic testing
  • Throat, tonsil and tongue cancer might be linked to oral sex
  • Fitbit CEO: Wearables aren’t a cancer concern
  • Cancer study: Genomes may predict aspirin's benefits
  • Google wins patent for wristband that could treat
  • At Eat4Life, local chefs crusade for Colon Cancer Awareness Month with gut-friendly recipes
  • Obesity raises women's risk of seven cancers by 40%: 18,000 women develop disease each year as a result of being overweight
  • Breast biopsies leave room for doubt, study finds
  • Lost in transition after cancer
  • No Butts About It: There’s cancer on the lunch line for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • Breaking down barriers to cancer care
  • 'Love Your Butt' Campaign encourages you to get screened for colon cancer
  • Japanese scientists are developing a way to detect cancer using worms and urine
  • Princess Reema launches historic breast cancer awareness campaign for Saudi women
  • Tetanus vaccine boosts cancer vaccine in fighting brain tumor
  • New guidelines help doctors help cancer patients quit smoking
  • Is the cost of cancer killing us?
  • Why a powerful cancer drug only helps some patients
  • Vegetarian diet may cut colon cancer
  • Experimental treatment puts terminal B.C. cancer patient into remission after 5 weeks
  • How to nudge people toward smarter cancer-screening decisions
  • Doctors study tumors’ genetic makeup to guide cancer treatment
  • Plant-based diet, with fish, may lower risk of colorectal cancer
  • More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families
  • Your body, after cancer
  • A breakthrough treatment for lung cancer approved
  • What every firefighter's spouse should know about cancer
  • New cancer treatments target disease-causing mutations
  • How a group of lung cancer survivors got doctors to liste
FEBRUARY 2015
  • Young men unconfident checking for testicular cancer
  • Want to cut your cancer risk? Lose that weight
  • A faster way to try many drugs on many cancers
  • Colon cancer's location may be factor in survival
  • New HPV vaccine promises to eradicate 90 percent majority of cervical cancer
  • Decline in smoking rates could increase deaths from lung cancer
  • Small molecule might help reduce cancer in at-risk population, study finds
  • More-accurate cancer tests based on computer math
  • Eat your fruits and veggies. That’s a good way to help prevent cancer
  • We can practice cancer prevention every day
  • US initiative aims to improve cancer care, cut costs
  • Hormone replacement therapy raises new cancer concern
  • Ground-breaking lung cancer breath test in clinical trial
  • Tim Cook on Apple watch: 'Sitting is the new cancer'
  • Eisai expects new cancer drug to bring in $1 billion a year by 2020
  • Uncovering cancer’s metabolic quirks
  • Broadcast schedule: "Living Cancer" series
  • Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
  • Preventing cancer upstream: California's safer consumer products program
  • Rejected prostate cancer drug 'extends life'
  • Breath of fresh air: Medicare to cover lung cancer screening
  • The future of cancer: ‘Not beyond us,’ if we look behind us
  • World Cancer Day: Life after recovery
  • World Cancer Day 2015: For some, surviving cancer is a journey not a race
  • Breast cancer death rates drop dramatically over 20 years
  • Pfizer's breast cancer drug approved two months early by FDA
  • Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer in developed world
  • World Cancer Day: Do you know what the biggest cause of cancer is?
  • A boy who had cancer faces measles risk from the unvaccinated
  • What you should know about pancreatic cancer
  • Meet cologuard: the colon cancer test you can take home
  • Scientists discover more potential biomarkers of early pancreatic cancer
JANUARY 2015
  • Prostate Cancer: What are the symptoms and risk factors?
  • Researchers find reason pancreatic cancer resists chemotherapy drug
  • In the way cancer cells work together, a possible tool for their demise
  • Sugary drinks tied to earlier periods, higher breast cancer risk
  • Fitness a key weapon against some cancers
  • Myriad genetics ending patent dispute on breast cancer risk testin
  • Constant heartburn could be a sign of stomach, esophageal cancer
  • Life before and life after cancer
  • Lifestyle changes to help reduce the risk of breast cancer
  • Partnership between U-M and WCC photography students helps cancer patients cope
  • The problem with beating cancer
  • Designed molecules trap cancer cells in deadly cages
  • ‘Hidden’ high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde found in e-cigarettes
  • This drink could protect you from skin cancer
  • City rushes to rid water of cancer-causing agent after oil spill
  • Obama vows more research to cure cancer, diabetes
  • Routine screening for cervical cancer urged
  • HPV or Pap: Which test is best for cervical cancer?
  • Gene may explain why pancreatic cancer is so aggressive
  • Fewer patients with advanced colon cancer getting surgery
  • Heart risk factors tied to uterine cancer risk
  • Vitamin D may boost colon cancer survival
  • New drug Opdivo successfully ends lung cancer trial
  • Potential new drug target for combating chemo-resistant cancer cells
  • Long-term flu shot, cancer cure are almost a reality: Mount Sinai chief
  • Will HPV test replace Pap in detecting cervical cancer?
  • Warning: that tan could be hazardous
  • Scientists identify new gene that drives triple-negative breast cancer
  • NHS to rein in cost of Cancer Drugs Fund
  • Deeper family history may shed light on prostate cancer risk, study shows
  • Specialists split over HPV test's role in cancer screening
  • New policy statement issued on e-cigarettes by cancer organizations
  • Anger as fund cuts six breast cancer drugs
  • The cheaper cancer drug that could pave the way for much more affordable medicine
  • Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer
  • Novel Imaging Technique Improves Prostate Cancer Detection
  • Your chances of surviving cancer may depend on where you live
  • Cancer death rates down
  • Groundbreaking Study Reveals The Main Reason Behind Most Cases Of Cancer

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